News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Open Technology Fund (OTF) is seeking applications for its Internet Freedom Fund, a primary way to support projects and people working on open and accessible technology-centric projects that promote human rights, internet freedom, open societies, and help advance inclusive and safe access to global communications networks for at-risk users including journalists, human rights defenders,
Read more →The annual Global Perspectives gathering this year is titled Engaging a #NewGeneration and will take place from 31 October – 2 November 2018 in Berlin. The event is inviting leaders from key national and international CSOs, to be part of an exciting meeting with inspiring input, fruitful discussions and the chance for networking and peer
Read more →After successful first edition in 2017, the second edition of the Executive Program of the Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF), which is being delivered in close collaboration with the College of Europe on “Civil society involvement in the EU accession process”, will be held on 22-24 October 2018, in Prishtina. The 3-day Executive Program targets
Read more →When the Member States of the United Nations approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015, they agreed that the Sustainable Development Goals and Targets should be met for all nations and peoples and for all segments of society. Governments and stakeholders negotiating the 2030 Agenda backed the ambition of leaving no one behind,
Read more →CIVICUS, BCSDN, and MCIC have submitted joint UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) submission for Macedonia as one of the seven countries in advance of the 32nd UPR session in January 2019. The submissions examine the state of civil society in each country, including the promotion and protection of the rights to freedom of association, assembly
Read more →The Montenegrin Ministry of Public Administration has launched a public call for Non-Governmental Organizations to submit nominations for 6 NGO representatives in the Council for Cooperation of State Administration Bodies and Non-Governmental Organizations in Montenegro. More details about the call in Montenegrin are available here. Source: Office for Cooperation with NGOs of the Government of
Read more →The Policy Brief produced by the European Policy Center Belgrade and Think for Europe Network aims to shed light on an insufficiently enabling, often even disabling, environment for the work of civil society organizations (CSOs) from the region. It does so by providing a comparative overview of CSOs involvement in the policymaking in different countries
Read more →At the London Summit of the Berlin Process that took place from 9-10 July 2018, representatives of the Civil Society Forum of the Western Balkans (CSF) presented 4 recommendations for the future of the Berlin Process: “additional progress” in rule of law to be included on top of the existing four goals of the Berlin
Read more →The Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) together with BCSDN organized a conference on July 5th in Skopje “The United Nation Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), the integrity, transparency and the anticorruption preventive policies”. The conference was aimed to raise awareness and build capacities and knowledge among CSOs (but also institutions) to ensure better CSO involvement
Read more →The U.S. Embassy in Skopje seeks media program proposals that promote a strong, free and independent to develop and implement a series of workshops for young journalists from the Republic of Macedonia. The call is open to U.S. and local non-profit/non-governmental organizations and educational institutions. The approximate total funding for this call is USD 75,000.
Read more →The European Citizenship Awards 2018 is a joint initiative between the European Civic Forum and Volonteurope, two European networks which promote active citizenship and recognition of the importance of social justice to the cohesion of communities across Europe. The Awards celebrate the democratic and civic engagement of individuals, organisations, citizens’ groups and social enterprises. They
Read more →The Council of Europe’s Democratic Governance Department calls on for original design ideas for a logo to accompany their efforts for implementing the recent Committee of Ministers Guidelines for civil participation in political decision-making. Supporters of participatory democracy and to anyone with fresh ideas are invited to submit a proposal for a logo that would
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